<chapter id="hdbk-term">
  <title>Starting &bibletime;</title>
  <sect1 id="hdbk-start">
    <title>How to start &bibletime;</title>
    <sect2 id="hdbk-start">
      <title>Starting &bibletime;</title>
      <para>&bibletime; is an executable file that is integrated
      with the desktop. You can launch &bibletime; from
      the Start Menu with this icon: 
      <mediaobject>
        <imageobject>
          <imagedata fileref="i_bibletime.png" format="PNG" />
        </imageobject>
        <textobject>
          <phrase>&bibletime; start icon</phrase>
        </textobject>
      </mediaobject></para>
      <para>&bibletime; can also be launched from a terminal
      command prompt. To launch &bibletime;, open a terminal window
      and type: 
      <screen>&bibletime;</screen></para>
    </sect2>
    <sect2 id="hdbk-start-otherwm">
      <title>Other window managers</title>
      <para>&bibletime; can be used with other window managers such
      as Gnome, BlackBox, Fluxbox, OpenBox or Sawfish, providing the
      appropriate base libraries are already
      installed on your computer.</para>
    </sect2>
    <sect2 id="hdbk-start-custom">
      <title>Startup customization</title>
      <para>From a terminal you can use &bibletime; to open a
      random verse in the default bible: 
      <screen>bibletime --open-default-bible
      "&lt;random&gt;"</screen>To open at a given passage like John
      3:16, use: 
      <screen>bibletime --open-default-bible "John 3:16"</screen>You
      can also use booknames in your current bookname language.</para>
    </sect2>
  </sect1>
  <sect1 id="hdbk-startsequence">
    <title>Startup sequence</title>
    <para>As &bibletime; launches you may see the following screens
    before the main &bibletime; window opens:</para>
    <variablelist>
      <varlistentry>
        <term>
          <interface>Bookshelf Manager</interface>
        </term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
          <action>Modifies your Bookshelf.</action> This dialog lets you
          modify your Bookshelf, add or delete works from your system.
          It will only be shown if no default Bookshelf can be found.
          Please see 
          <link linkend="hdbk-op-bookshelfmanager"> this
          section</link> for further details. If you start off with an
          empty Bookshelf, it will be helpful to install at least one
          Bible, Commentary, Lexicon and one Book to get to know
          &bibletime;'s basic features quickly.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      <varlistentry>
        <term>
          <interface>Configure &bibletime; dialog</interface>
        </term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
          <action>Customizes &bibletime;.</action>This dialog lets
          you adapt &bibletime; to your needs. Please see 
          <link linkend="hdbk-config-bt">the detailed
          description</link> of this dialog.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
    </variablelist>
  </sect1>
</chapter>
